Pass and Running

Pass

Pass adjective - Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
Usage example: a pass play

Running is an antonym for pass.

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

Running

Running adjective - Of advancing the ball by running.
Usage example: the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays

Pass is an antonym for running.

Nearby Words: run, runner

How words are described

close close pass close running
high high pass high running
long long pass long running
normal normal pass normal running
Other adjectives: free, single, simple, small, actual, entire, excessive, extra, next, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Outrun the Fireball Instead, avert One-Dimensional Thinking by running into a room and letting the fireball pass you by.
  • In 3E they could no longer pass over running water on their own, but could be carried over it in a container.
  • Video Game / Rise of the Reds By 2030, they don't even try to pass for communists anymore, instead running a society built around technocratic state capitalism, ancient philosophy, Asian nationalism and dystopian state-worship.
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